The Luffincott Ghost. A Launceston Exploring Party. Mysterious tappings: Was it rats? By one of our reporters. On Monday two friends with myself decided to pay a visit to Luffincott, the same night with an
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Clive, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand (1901)
A Haunted House. For the past week a house in Clive (Hawke’s Bay), has been “haunted” in a mysterious fashion. This house (says the Herald) is about half-a-mile from the police station, and loud knocks
Continue ReadingBowdoinham, Maine, USA (1909)
Maine town glories in its many spooks. Bangor ,Dec 22. Bowdoinham boasts of a ghost house where it is said the chairs refuse to stay quietly in their places, but in the middle of the
Continue ReadingGrenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1907)
“Spirited blows” Free fight about existence of a spook. A judge, an inspector of police, and the chief of the Grenoble (France) detective force interviewed a mysterious spirit at Grenoble. The ghost is a rapping
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The curse of a family. Quite recently in France in one of the outskirts of Paris a rumour went quickly from mouth to mouth that a particular family was haunted, and it was said that
Continue ReadingKnaresborough, North Yorkshire (1905)
Ghost Story. An old house at Knaresborough. A puzzle of the so-called “ghostly” order awaits solution at Knaresborough. There (writes a correspondent), on the banks of the Nidd, is a charming old dwelling, parts of
Continue ReadingWandsworth, London (1900)
A haunted house so near to the great metropolis as Wandsworth is decidedly interesting. In the Surrey Magazine Mr W.H. Moyes says: Those who take an interest in places which have been haunted for many
Continue ReadingPietermaritzburg, South Africa (1906)
A Ghost’s Joke. A weird occurrence which happened recently at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, is related by F. W. Fitz-Simmons, of the Natal Government Museum. “One evening a few months ago,” he says, “the door of one
Continue ReadingGlen Barra, New South Wales, Australia (1901)
Stone-throwing Mystery. A somewhat sensational and extraordinary case of systematic stone-throwing is reported from Glen Barra, about 20 miles to the east of Manilla. The house attacked is that of Mr Andrew Michie, boundary rider
Continue ReadingCambridge (1905)
A ‘Varsity Ghost which keeps rooms empty at Cambridge. Successful seance. A ghost face to face with the necessity of choosing a habitation might conceivably be torn with conflicting emotions when considering the pros and
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